Stories from Wednesday, March 19, 2008

The Mountain Home Tigers got off to a rough start in their 2008 baseball season dropping three games. Timberline 17 Mtn. Home 1 The Mountain Home Tigers got their baseball season off to a rocky start last Tuesday with a 17-1 non-conference loss to Timberline at Tiger Field in Mountain Home in five innings...

The Mountain Home Tiger junior varsity baseball team came away with a split of their games last week, losing at Timberline, but winning at home against Skyview. Timberline 17 Mtn. Home 7 The Tiger JV opened their baseball season last Tuesday afternoon at Timberline and lost to the Wolves, 17-7, in five innings...

The Mountain Home Lady Tiger JV improved to 5-0 on the season with two conference wins last week. Mtn. Home 11, 21 Wood River 1, 0 The Mountain Home Lady Tiger JV softball team improved to 3-0 with a doubleheader sweep of Wood River on March 8 at Mountain Home...

The Mountain Home Tiger girls golf team came in second while the boys were fourth at a four-team golf match at Falcon Crest in Boise last Monday. Bishop Kelly ran away with the girls competition, shooting a team total 163. Mountain Home was a distant second, coming in with a 231, two shots ahead of Skyview. Kuna did not have a full team...

A "Sportsman's Breakfast," will be hosted by Idaho Fish and Game at AJ's Restaurant in Mountain Home on April 10 from 6:30-8 a.m. Fish and Game staff will buy the coffee for attendees, and spend a portion of the morning presenting information regarding the Bennett Hills mule deer population and upcoming changes in area hunting seasons...

All seven of Mountain Home Youth Soccer Association teams were in action Saturday, with five of the teams posting victories in their matches. The U18 Boys notched their second win of the season in Middleton, with JJ Barroso providing the lone score of the day on a penalty kick. Goalie Bryan Walsh made several diving saves to preserve the 1-0 shutout win...

The Mountain Home Tiger tennis team dropped their season opening tennis match at Kuna last Monday. The boys lost to Kuna, 2-5, while the girls lost 0-7. Mountain Home Tiger tennis coach Tamzy House noted the scoring system for team scoring is different this year. ...

Five men and one woman were named March 12 as the newest members of the Elmore County USBC Association, Inc. Bowling Hall of Fame . The selection committee named John Bitrick, James Felty Jr., David "Duffy" Hammarlund, Tom Huggins, Dick Oak and Kendra Wilcox as the newest members of the Hall of Fame, which was established in 1973...

The Mountain Home Tigers girls track team won the season opening triangular track meet at Bishop Kelly Friday, while the Tiger boys finished second. Mountain Home won the girls competition with 76 points, Bishop Kelly was second with 66.5, and Kuna was third with 43.5...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers opened their conference softball schedule with two lopsided wins last week over Nampa and Kuna. Mtn. Home 19 Nampa 1 The Mountain Home Lady Tigers continued their hot hitting Tuesday at Nampa, downing the Lady Bulldogs, 19-1, in their conference softball opener...

by Staff Sgt. Brian Stives 366th Fighter Wing Public Affairs The main gate to Mountain Home Air Force Base will close for construction April 7 and remain closed through November 2008, when the project is expected to have road and surface work complete...

Reports that Mountain Home AFB is in line to have a nuclear power plant built on base are "extremely premature," officials of the Air Force told the Mountain Home News last week. Last week stories appeared on several internet sites, as well as in newspapers in New Mexico and at least two daily newspapers in Idaho, that the Air Force was considering placing nuclear power plants at Cannon AFB in New Mexico and Mountain Home AFB in Idaho...

Arrests Micheil Patrick Erickson, 20--warrant. Annilace Patricia Demetro, 25--Driving Under Influence. Lance David Sabey, 23--battery/unlawful entry. Jesus Marquez, 21--warrant. Jose Guadalupe-Canales, 25--failure to purchase drivers license. Derrick Adam May, 27--warrant...

(Editor's note: The Mountain Home News reports all items released by the court each week. Readers should note, however, that some cases may be quite old. Any time there is a change in status of a case, the case will be kicked back out by the courts and show up in the reports, usually without an explanation of what the change was.)...

State law provides all the mechanisms needed to raise property taxes, and as a result, many Idahoans are being taxed out of their homes. We're offering a different approach. We are co-sponsoring legislation (House Bill 579), which allows property taxpayers the opportunity to reduce taxes by the same process that's used to raise taxes. This bill gives Idahoans a much-needed outlet for property-tax relief, while promoting accountability with local governments...

Dan Kelly III, 69, of Mountain Home, died Saturday, March 15, 2008, at his home, from an extended illness. Funeral services will be held today, Wednesday, March 19, at 10 a.m. at the First Congregational Church.Burial will follow at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Thomas "Tom" M. Brown, Jr., 88, an Air Force Veteran of 31 years and long-time Mountain Home resident, died Saturday, March 15, 2008, in Mountain Home. Per his request, there will be no services. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Gary Ray Spence, 52, of Mountain Home, died Thursday, March 13, 2008, at his home. A potluck to celebrate his life will be held at 3 p.m. on Thursday, March 20, at his family's home, 760 NE Mashburn Rd. Gary was born on Jan. 25, 1956, the son of Leo C. and Joanne Spence, in Mountain Home. Gary lived his life in Smith Prairie and Mountain Home...

Wilbert "Bill" H. Rediker, 84, of Mountain Home, died Monday, March 17, 2008, at a local hospital. Memorial services will be held on Saturday, March 22, at Faith Lutheran Church beginning at 11 a.m. Bill was born on Feb. 23, 1924, in Lincoln, Kan., the son of Martin and Emma Rediker...

Neil B. Boyce, 83, of Salem, Ore., formerly of Glenns Ferry and Hagerman, died Saturday, March 8, 2008, at a care center. A graveside service was held Friday, March 14, at Glenn Rest Cemetery in Glenns Ferry. Arrangements were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Earl Chester Miller, 82, of Ronan, Mont., formerly of Bruneau, died Friday, March 14, 2008, at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula, Mont. Funeral services were held Monday, March 17, in Ronan Alliance Church in Ronan. Graveside services will be held today, Wednesday, March 19, at Hot Springs Cemetery in Bruneau at 2 p.m...

Cassandra Montrose Dierks and Chad Curtis were united in marriage on March 3, 2008, in Las Vegas, Nev. The ceremonies were attended by their Mountain Home family members. Cassandra is the daughter of Edward and Debora Montrose, and Chad is the son of Gary Curtis and Julie and Albert Hofer, all of Mountain Home...

Dale and Patricia Spotten of Mountain Home and Michael Basher and Puddin Ulmer of Winnsboro, La., have announced the engagement of their children, Katiemarie Spotten and Mitchell Basher of Mountain Home. Katie is an employee at Elmore Medical Center and Mitchell is a staff sergeant at Mountain Home AFB...

The Mountain Home Arts Council will present Andy Nevala in concert on Tuesday, April 1, at Mountain Home High School's Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium. A renowned jazz musician, Nevala is a 1990 graduate of Mountain Home High School. His band will perform at MHHS in route to an invitational performance at the Gene Harris Jazz Festival in Boise...

Before Rachel Scott died on April 20, 1999, in the Columbine massacre, she wrote that she would someday touch the hearts of millions. On Monday, her message of kindness and compassion was shared with Mountain Home Junior High and high school students as the schools took part in Rachel's Challenge...

Gone are the days where high school vo-tech classes consisted of auto or wood shop alone. Today's high school students have a variety of options to choose from and if voters approve the Mountain Home School District's $37.5 million bond on April 29, those options will be available to more Mountain Home High School students...

A 12-year-old Honey Locust near the gazebo at Legacy Park was chopped down some time on March 16 and the city of Mountain Home is offering a $200 reward for information leading to the arrest of the vandal who committed the crime. "It was a malicious act, and from the city standpoint we're not going to tolerate this type of behavior," said Mayor Tom Rist...